One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and ...

This moving dot depicts something few people have ever seen: fresh cerebrospinal fluid flowing from the spinal cord into the ...

Recent research has found that the thalamus may act like a “relay station” for consciousness by modulating cortical activity in the brain. Researchers found “thalamocortical loops,” where information ...

Autism affects at least 2% of children in the United States – an estimated 1 in 59. This is challenging for both the patients ...

Researchers took brain scans of amputees before surgery and five years after it, and the results shocked them.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized.

A team of Indiana University neuroscientists has built a new model of human brain networks that sheds light on how the brain functions. The model offers a new tool for exploring individual ...

The cerebral cortex is the brain’s outermost layer and is involved in many of the higher functions of the human brain including memory, learning, reasoning, problem-solving, and emotions..

Encoding human experience: Study reveals how brain cells compute the flow of time Researchers say findings could have implications for improving memory, cognitive functions and artificial ...